Evoland Legendary Edition

I played Evoland 1 many years ago on iphone and it was a short game. I had a similar expectation for Evoland 2 and I was apparently wrong. Evoland 2 is a full-scale JRPG game with at least 25 hours of contents. There are many familiar faces and mechanism in the game. It's recommended for any one with a lot of gaming experiences. The story is not bad either.

Achievements in the game are not easy. There are a lot of collection achievements and many of them are well hidden. For both games, you can get back to the game to collect missed items after the ending so no worry on missed achievements. Evoland 1 has about 5 hours of contents and Evoland 2 can take about 30 hours for full collections. Both game only need one run for all achievements.

Both games run smoothly on steam deck. However, in Evoland 1 I did encounter a case that a story related achievement did not pop when meeting the condition. My suspicion is that there's something to do with the deck's sleep function, but I cannot confirm. After that, I restarted the game and refrained from using the sleep function and no more issues on achievement popping.

I think there's a lot of people that likes this way more than me. However, the story was interesting and I liked all the little side humor.
But, I found every sequence to drag on a little too long. For example, when the game switches genres it felt stuck in that mode far too long. Which to me means that I wasn't enjoying it. It's a cute idea for a game and a smaller experience would have had more punch.
I'm glad I stopped playing for 2 reasons. First, because I'm not really into turn based combat. Second, I don't want to run to a stone every time I need to time shift . There's just a lot of running around!
I do recommend that you check out other sources for info if you would be into playing this more than me. There's no reason not to recommend.

I'll be leaving the comment in English for better accessability but if I was to recommend a way to play the game, it would be in french. There are a few typos scattered throughout the english version.
What to say? Evoland first of its name is... a one time experience, it's a funny nostalgia trip both for older generation gamers and curious newer ones, but that's about the extent of what it will provide, and it's barely 4h long if you don't rush straight to the ending.
No, obviously the reason I have to recommend the Evoland saga is its second outing, because Evoland 2 is something really special. Oh it's not perfect by any means, exploring so many gameplay patterns was bound to create depth issues with some of them, and all in all none of the sections are really mechanically difficult so if you're looking for something intense, this isn't the game for you. That being said, the progression is tricky, the game doesn't hold your hand at all, it's up to you to find out what you have to do and the last third of the game can be quite challenging. The story also has a few hiccups, even without factoring in time travel which always causes consistency issues... But it's still a really good and complex story with the ending being especially powerful.
Evoland 2 is a unique experience, and it's worth every single hour, granted there aren't that many with the game's life expectancy clocking around 20 to 30h depending on your completion rate, but what incredible 20 to 30h it is. Good luck finding your way through time in this little gem.

Two very interesting games with a lot of variety in gameplay. Both are filled to the brim with homages to other games and pop culture. The first one is more gimmicky and designed to be funny. But a short fun experience nonetheless.
The second title surprised me a lot. This is a full fledged game that can stand on its own, while still having that feeling, which made the first one special. It is also a lot longer and has a lot more to offer gameplay wise.
You should check both of these out, but I would recommend taking a little break between them. Especially when you want to 100% them. Since they both work on the same premise, playing them back to back can be a little much in my opinion.

Evoland 2 isnt a sequel but a huge tribute to chrono trigger. Probably the game is too stretched and doesnt have content for 30 hours but has many good moments. Big Story, Big World.

This was a surprising little gem. I've played the first one a few times (including as the stand-alone game), but regularly got stuck in the second one and gave up. Until today. This is technically two games in one, so...

The first game is an adorable little homage to the history of video games. The novel approach of "unlocking" features for the game by finding them in the game world was quite unique. It doesn't have *much* of a story, but it's clearly had a lot of love poured into it.

The second tries to expand on that concept, but as a full-length game with a rather in-depth plot. And for the most part, it does it well. There were definitely areas where some of the mechanics felt overused (lookin' at you, metroidvania segments), but overall it was enjoyable.

Well worth a play if you want a trip down nostalgia lane.

For like 5 bucks (in sale) you get two good games. The first focuses more on the concept and the second is story driven. Both games would be worth my 5 bucks.
As for negative: it still has some bugs and you will encounter at least one on a regular playthrough. It has no settings (at least I found none) so it could be taxing for below potato pc's. In evoland 2 there are some minigames that can't be replayed and these were coincidentely the ones I liked the most.